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1. India crosses 2.5 crore Covid vaccinations in a day for the first time on Friday as the government raced to deliver a record on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. 2. Food delivery apps like Zomato and Swiggy will collect five per cent GST, or Goods and Services Tax, from consumers instead of the restaurant they pick up orders from, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says on Friday evening after a meeting of the GST Council in Lucknow. 3. The Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand begins on Saturday after its prolonged suspension due to COVID-19. A day after the Uttarakhand High Court vacates its stay on Char Dham Yatra, the state government issues a detailed SOP to start the yatra from Saturday with strict adherence to COVID-19 norms. Imposing a daily limit on the number of pilgrims visiting the Himalayan temples, the SOP put a cap of 1,000 pilgrims daily at Badrinath, 800 at Kedarnath, 600 at Gangotri and 400 at Yamunotri. 4. A top general admits the United States had made a 'mistake' when it launched a drone strike against suspected ISIS terrorists in Kabul, killing 10 civilians including children instead during the frenzied final days of the US pullout from Afghanistan last month. 5. France recalls its ambassadors in the United States in Australia, after Australia struck a deal with the US and Britain which ended a USD 40 billion French design submarine deal. 6. Amarinder Singh resigns as Punjab Chief Minister on Saturday, months before polls, saying he felt humiliated and the Congress is free to 'appoint whoever they trust'. 7. Actor Sonu Sood has evaded taxes of over Rs 20 crore, the income tax department says in a statement on Saturday, after visiting his Mumbai home for three days in a row for a search. 8. The Uttar Pradesh election campaign is picking up pace. Addressing a programme last Sunday the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged that, 'people did not get rations before 2017 like they do now, because only those saying Abba Jaan were getting rations'.
